let's see your veggie garden {pics} 2021-25

[Homegrowngoodnes]

Thank you! The worst part is I'm only 40 and I have a 4 yr old! She's enough to keep me busy but also loves going outside with daddy

 

[johnny108]

Thank you! The worst part is I'm only 40 and I have a 4 yr old! She's enough to keep me busy but also loves going outside with daddy

I feel ya- 3 knee surgeries, 47 years old with a 2 year, and a 4 month old…..my veggie garden is a self watering bucket with 3 tomatillo plants in it- that’s it.

 

[Brown Thumb]

I actually got to plant some in the ground this year and have about a third of it hanging! It has been really tough this season as I have developed inflammatory arthritis in my spine and injections have been ineffective. Nerve blocks haven't improved my mobility at all but have dulled the pain for a short time.

I have three blown discs in my lower back. two In my neck a shot cup in my shoulder I can’t even paint car roofs anymore.
Decompression Therpy works for me kinda.
I feel your pain.

 

[Homegrowngoodnes]

Decompression huh? Like an inversion table?

 

[cincydave]

Potato Table,ready to go into totes. Wife has been stealing them for dinner and potato salad etc.
About 1/4 of the crop. Last year I got about 3/4 of a table total.

Very nice! That's a lot of 'taters. I'm trying them for the first time this year. Haven't dug any yet. May try sweet potatoes next year.

 

[deluxestogie]

Last night, I put another quart of green beans and a quart of yellow squash into the freezer. The accumulated cucumbers stared at me with lowered eyebrows. So I made up another ½ gallon of lactate fermented pickles, this time simply slicing them in half, to be creative (lazy).

The cukes are held below the top of the liquid using an assortment of plastic screen and plastic lids.

This fifth ½ gallon will fill all the space in my fridge for jars of that size. I've already consumed about 2/3 of the first jar of the summer. So I'll have a tidy 2 gallons of pickles to ration through the winter months.

Bob

 

[Brown Thumb]

Decompression huh? Like an inversion table?

Pretty much, just a controlled stretching machine.
I have a inversion table and will use it once in a while when it gets really bad.
I don’t like to hang upside down tho.

 

[Homegrowngoodnes]

I'd think hanging upside down would make you feel more like Batman!

 

[Homegrowngoodnes]

Harvested this today plus a quart I gave to a passing neighbor in addition to the 4 year old eating a couple handfuls and tossing a couple handfuls that were overripe or bug eaten. I harvested 2 quarts just Saturday and over a quart per week for about 3 weeks before then and at least a pint to pint and a half per week for a few weeks before that! They will continue producing like that til frost killed! No water nor fertilizer since planting in about 6" of compost in April!

 

[Homegrowngoodnes]

5 plants only!

 

[Brown Thumb]

Looks nasty but smells good.

 

[Brown Thumb]

Harvested this today plus a quart I gave to a passing neighbor in addition to the 4 year old eating a couple handfuls and tossing a couple handfuls that were overripe or bug eaten. I harvested 2 quarts just Saturday and over a quart per week for about 3 weeks before then and at least a pint to pint and a half per week for a few weeks before that! They will continue producing like that til frost killed! No water nor fertilizer since planting in about 6" of compost in April!

I get rid of the excess of them with this recipe per say.

Quick Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce (with Video) - Fork Knife Swoon

Quick, simple, homemade roasted cherry tomato sauce recipe. A flavorful take on traditional tomato sauce, made with garlic, olive oil, basil, and thyme. Vegan and gluten free.

www.forkknifeswoon.com

 

[Homegrowngoodnes]

Sounds good! This is my first year growing successfully! I don't think I will go through the trouble of making sauce for anything less than a canner full! Next year I think I will grow a mess of them so I have enough to make some sauce/salsa now that I found something that likes to grow here! Florida can be tricky!

 

[deluxestogie]

My squash and green bean harvests are finally waning. Yea!

Bob

 

[Brown Thumb]

Looks nasty but smells good.

Let the guys up for some air. WoW, I used too much mustard seed. Im cool with that tho I like some heat.

 

[Brown Thumb]

Next batch, of pickles.
picked a couple ears of corn to give away to my 15 neighbors that live on my lane.

 

[Bottenslam]

Great success with The tomatoes this year, iwe surpassed My predicted yeald of five, by about 1 tomato. I wouldnt be suprised If final yeald is 12...

 

[Plinsc]

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Great success with The tomatoes this year, iwe surpassed My predicted yeald of five, by about 1 tomato. I wouldnt be suprised If final yeald is 12...

A handful of salsa there!

 

[GrowleyMonster]

About three weeks worth of okra, cut, vacuum bagged, and frozen. We don't blanche. When you vacuum bag them, they come out just fine with no blanching. Each bag is about 12oz, about right for a small gumbo for just the two of us.


Two quarts of green jalapeños, cored and pickled. I really like them pickled without the seeds and core. Instead of just hot, you get savory and aromatic.

 

[LazyBaba]

Oregon sweet meat,polyanthias tuberosa,callaloo,golden nugget apple,and purple Ukrainian tom,and either golden virginia or golddollar.